Compendious vs Discursive - What's the difference?
compendious | discursive |
containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized
briefly describing a body of knowledge
(of speech or writing) Tending to digress from the main point; rambling.
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(philosophy) Using reason and argument rather than intuition.
As adjectives the difference between compendious and discursive
is that compendious is containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized while discursive is (of speech or writing) tending to digress from the main point; rambling.compendious
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(en adjective)Anagrams
*discursive
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(en adjective)- This means, at times, long and perhaps overly discursive discussions of other taxa.